WSJ magazine, October 2011. “Cancer” is, in fact, part of the institution’s name.

…and in online copy:

Strikeouts can be striking online, too:

Go to Duarte.com to see how animation transforms this home-page headline.

Here’s a strikeout that swings and misses:

Meredith Corporation: “There Are No Guarantees in Life.” (New York Times)

Meredith owns many nationally distributed magazines, including Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, and Parents. The torn-paper effect is nice, but the concept here is less successful than with “Dance Again,” mostly because of the jargon-y copy that takes too long to explain the headline:

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